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'A' instigates 'B' to burn Z's house. 'B' sets fire to the house and at the same time commits theft of…

A is guilty of abetting the burning, but not the theft on these facts. Illustration (b) to section 51 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 111 IPC) treats…

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'A' instigates 'B' to burn Z's house. 'B' sets fire to the house and at the same time commits theft of property there. Here

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A is guilty of abetting the burning, but not the theft on these facts. Illustration (b) to section 51 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (formerly section 111 IPC) treats the theft as a distinct act that is not a probable consequence of the instigated burning. An abettor's responsibility for a different act depends on the statutory connection with the abetment, rather than merely on its happening at the same time.

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